Unrest Grows After Court Upholds Death Sentences For 21 Convicted Port Said Football Rioters

Unrest Grows After Court Upholds Death Sentences For 21 Convicted Port Said Football Rioters

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KHALED DESOUKI

Egyptian relatives and friends mourn over the death of Abdelhalim Mehana who was killed during clashes with riot police on March 4, during his funeral in the Suez Canal city of Port Said on March 8, 2013, a day before a court is to issue verdicts over the killing of people in a football riot there. AFP PHOTO / KHALED DESOUKI

Egyptian relatives and friends mourn over the death of Abdelhalim Mehana who was killed during clashes with riot police on March 4, during his funeral in the Suez Canal city of Port Said on March 8, 2013, a day before a court is to issue verdicts over the killing of people in a football riot there. AFP PHOTO / KHALED DESOUKI

Unrest Grows After Court Upholds Death Sentences For 21 Convicted Port Said Football Rioters

Ed Giles

Egyptian soldiers stand guard near the Suez Canal as Port Said residents look on after the announcement of the final verdict in the case of the Port Said football massacre, on March 9, 2013, in Port Said, Egypt. Over seventy football fans of the Al Masry team were killed during a stadium brawl that took place after a match between the Al Masry and Al Ahly teams in the northern Egyptian city in February 2012. Two senior police officers, the Port Said Security Director Essam Samak and head of the Port Said Water Bodies Security Department, Mohammed Saad, received 15 year sentences, while seven other police officers were acquitted. Five Port Said citizens received life sentences on Saturday, and twenty one civilian death sentences handed down in a January ruling on the same case were confirmed. (Photo by Ed Giles/Getty Images).

Egyptian soldiers stand guard near the Suez Canal as Port Said residents look on after the announcement of the final verdict in the case of the Port Said football massacre, on March 9, 2013, in Port Said, Egypt. Over seventy football fans of the Al Masry team were killed during a stadium brawl that took place after a match between the Al Masry and Al Ahly teams in the northern Egyptian city in February 2012. Two senior police officers, the Port Said Security Director Essam Samak and head of the Port Said Water Bodies Security Department, Mohammed Saad, received 15 year sentences, while seven other police officers were acquitted. Five Port Said citizens received life sentences on Saturday, and twenty one civilian death sentences handed down in a January ruling on the same case were confirmed. (Photo by Ed Giles/Getty Images).

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Al-Ahly club supporters run away from smoke and flames rising from the police officers' club in Cairo on March 9, 2013, after several buildings in the complex were set on fire. According to a senior security official, hardcore Al-Ahly football fans, known as the Ultras, stormed the complex and set fire to the buildings after an Egyptian court upheld death sentences for 21 defendants over a deadly football riot in Port Said last year. AFP PHOTO / STR

Al-Ahly club supporters run away from smoke and flames rising from the police officers' club in Cairo on March 9, 2013, after several buildings in the complex were set on fire. According to a senior security official, hardcore Al-Ahly football fans, known as the Ultras, stormed the complex and set fire to the buildings after an Egyptian court upheld death sentences for 21 defendants over a deadly football riot in Port Said last year. AFP PHOTO / STR

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Egyptian al-Ahly football club supporters (Ultras) stand in front of a poster of portraits of the victims from the deadly football riot in Port Said that killed 74 people last year, as they celebrate in Cairo on March 9, 2013, after an Egyptian court upheld death sentences for 21 defendants over the clashes. The court, sitting in Cairo for security reasons, also handed down life sentences to five defendants, with 19 receiving lesser jail terms and another 28 exonerated. AFP PHOTO / MAHMUD KHALED

Egyptian al-Ahly football club supporters (Ultras) stand in front of a poster of portraits of the victims from the deadly football riot in Port Said that killed 74 people last year, as they celebrate in Cairo on March 9, 2013, after an Egyptian court upheld death sentences for 21 defendants over the clashes. The court, sitting in Cairo for security reasons, also handed down life sentences to five defendants, with 19 receiving lesser jail terms and another 28 exonerated. AFP PHOTO / MAHMUD KHALED

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Egyptian al-Ahly football club supporters (Ultras) light flares as they celebrate in Cairo on March 9, 2013, after an Egyptian court upheld death sentences for 21 defendants over a deadly football riot in Port Said that killed 74 people last year. The court, sitting in Cairo for security reasons, also handed down life sentences to five defendants, with 19 receiving lesser jail terms and another 28 exonerated. AFP PHOTO / MAHMUD KHALED

Egyptian al-Ahly football club supporters (Ultras) light flares as they celebrate in Cairo on March 9, 2013, after an Egyptian court upheld death sentences for 21 defendants over a deadly football riot in Port Said that killed 74 people last year. The court, sitting in Cairo for security reasons, also handed down life sentences to five defendants, with 19 receiving lesser jail terms and another 28 exonerated. AFP PHOTO / MAHMUD KHALED

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Egyptian mourners carry body of Abdelhalim Mehana who was killed during clashes with riot police on March 4, during his funeral procession in the Suez Canal city of Port Said on March 8, 2013, a day before a court is to issue verdicts over the killing of people in a football riot there. AFP PHOTO / KHALED DESOUKI

Egyptian mourners carry body of Abdelhalim Mehana who was killed during clashes with riot police on March 4, during his funeral procession in the Suez Canal city of Port Said on March 8, 2013, a day before a court is to issue verdicts over the killing of people in a football riot there. AFP PHOTO / KHALED DESOUKI

Unrest Grows After Court Upholds Death Sentences For 21 Convicted Port Said Football Rioters

Ed Giles

Smoke rises from fires set by protestors in an attempt to block boats from docking and disrupt traffic at the port on the Suez Canal to demonstrate after the announcement of the final verdict in the case of the Port Said football massacre, on March 9, 2013, in Port Said, Egypt. Over seventy football fans of the Al Masry team were killed during a stadium brawl that took place after a match between the Al Masry and Al Ahly teams in the northern Egyptian city in February 2012. Two senior police officers, the Port Said Security Director Essam Samak and head of the Port Said Water Bodies Security Department, Mohammed Saad, received 15 year sentences, while seven other police officers were acquitted. Five Port Said citizens received life sentences on Saturday, and twenty one civilian death sentences handed down in a January ruling on the same case were confirmed. (Photo by Ed Giles/Getty Images).

Smoke rises from fires set by protestors in an attempt to block boats from docking and disrupt traffic at the port on the Suez Canal to demonstrate after the announcement of the final verdict in the case of the Port Said football massacre, on March 9, 2013, in Port Said, Egypt. Over seventy football fans of the Al Masry team were killed during a stadium brawl that took place after a match between the Al Masry and Al Ahly teams in the northern Egyptian city in February 2012. Two senior police officers, the Port Said Security Director Essam Samak and head of the Port Said Water Bodies Security Department, Mohammed Saad, received 15 year sentences, while seven other police officers were acquitted. Five Port Said citizens received life sentences on Saturday, and twenty one civilian death sentences handed down in a January ruling on the same case were confirmed. (Photo by Ed Giles/Getty Images).

Unrest Grows After Court Upholds Death Sentences For 21 Convicted Port Said Football Rioters

Ed Giles

Residents of Port Said react to the announcement of the final verdict in the case of the Port Said football massacre, on March 9, 2013, in Port Said, Egypt. Over seventy football fans of the Al Masry team were killed during a stadium brawl that took place after a match between the Al Masry and Al Ahly teams in the northern Egyptian city in February 2012. Two senior police officers, the Port Said Security Director Essam Samak and head of the Port Said Water Bodies Security Department, Mohammed Saad, received 15 year sentences, while seven other police officers were acquitted. Five Port Said citizens received life sentences on Saturday, and twenty one civilian death sentences handed down in a January ruling on the same case were confirmed. (Photo by Ed Giles/Getty Images).

Residents of Port Said react to the announcement of the final verdict in the case of the Port Said football massacre, on March 9, 2013, in Port Said, Egypt. Over seventy football fans of the Al Masry team were killed during a stadium brawl that took place after a match between the Al Masry and Al Ahly teams in the northern Egyptian city in February 2012. Two senior police officers, the Port Said Security Director Essam Samak and head of the Port Said Water Bodies Security Department, Mohammed Saad, received 15 year sentences, while seven other police officers were acquitted. Five Port Said citizens received life sentences on Saturday, and twenty one civilian death sentences handed down in a January ruling on the same case were confirmed. (Photo by Ed Giles/Getty Images).

Unrest Grows After Court Upholds Death Sentences For 21 Convicted Port Said Football Rioters

Ed Giles

Egyptian coast guard vessels patrol the Suez Canal as residents of Port Said gather at a dock to demonstrate after the announcement of the final verdict in the case of the Port Said football massacre, on March 9, 2013, in Port Said, Egypt. Over seventy football fans of the Al Masry team were killed during a stadium brawl that took place after a match between the Al Masry and Al Ahly teams in the northern Egyptian city in February 2012. Two senior police officers, the Port Said Security Director Essam Samak and head of the Port Said Water Bodies Security Department, Mohammed Saad, received 15 year sentences, while seven other police officers were acquitted. Five Port Said citizens received life sentences on Saturday, and twenty one civilian death sentences handed down in a January ruling on the same case were confirmed. (Photo by Ed Giles/Getty Images).

Egyptian coast guard vessels patrol the Suez Canal as residents of Port Said gather at a dock to demonstrate after the announcement of the final verdict in the case of the Port Said football massacre, on March 9, 2013, in Port Said, Egypt. Over seventy football fans of the Al Masry team were killed during a stadium brawl that took place after a match between the Al Masry and Al Ahly teams in the northern Egyptian city in February 2012. Two senior police officers, the Port Said Security Director Essam Samak and head of the Port Said Water Bodies Security Department, Mohammed Saad, received 15 year sentences, while seven other police officers were acquitted. Five Port Said citizens received life sentences on Saturday, and twenty one civilian death sentences handed down in a January ruling on the same case were confirmed. (Photo by Ed Giles/Getty Images).

Unrest Grows After Court Upholds Death Sentences For 21 Convicted Port Said Football Rioters

Ed Giles

An Egyptian armoured vehicle stands guard outside the Port Said prison prior to the announcement of the final verdict in the case of the Port Said football massacre, on March 9, 2013, in Port Said, Egypt. Over seventy football fans of the Al Masry team were killed during a stadium brawl that took place after a match between the Al Masry and Al Ahly teams in the northern Egyptian city in February 2012. Two senior police officers, the Port Said Security Director Essam Samak and head of the Port Said Water Bodies Security Department, Mohammed Saad, received 15 year sentences, while seven other police officers were acquitted. Five Port Said citizens received life sentences on Saturday, and twenty one civilian death sentences handed down in a January ruling on the same case were confirmed. (Photo by Ed Giles/Getty Images).

An Egyptian armoured vehicle stands guard outside the Port Said prison prior to the announcement of the final verdict in the case of the Port Said football massacre, on March 9, 2013, in Port Said, Egypt. Over seventy football fans of the Al Masry team were killed during a stadium brawl that took place after a match between the Al Masry and Al Ahly teams in the northern Egyptian city in February 2012. Two senior police officers, the Port Said Security Director Essam Samak and head of the Port Said Water Bodies Security Department, Mohammed Saad, received 15 year sentences, while seven other police officers were acquitted. Five Port Said citizens received life sentences on Saturday, and twenty one civilian death sentences handed down in a January ruling on the same case were confirmed. (Photo by Ed Giles/Getty Images).

Unrest Grows After Court Upholds Death Sentences For 21 Convicted Port Said Football Rioters

Ed Giles

Residents of Port Said speak to the media shortly after the announcement of the final verdict in the case of the Port Said football massacre, on March 9, 2013, in Port Said, Egypt. Over seventy football fans of the Al Masry team were killed during a stadium brawl that took place after a match between the Al Masry and Al Ahly teams in the northern Egyptian city in February 2012. Two senior police officers, the Port Said Security Director Essam Samak and head of the Port Said Water Bodies Security Department, Mohammed Saad, received 15 year sentences, while seven other police officers were acquitted. Five Port Said citizens received life sentences on Saturday, and twenty one civilian death sentences handed down in a January ruling on the same case were confirmed. (Photo by Ed Giles/Getty Images).

Residents of Port Said speak to the media shortly after the announcement of the final verdict in the case of the Port Said football massacre, on March 9, 2013, in Port Said, Egypt. Over seventy football fans of the Al Masry team were killed during a stadium brawl that took place after a match between the Al Masry and Al Ahly teams in the northern Egyptian city in February 2012. Two senior police officers, the Port Said Security Director Essam Samak and head of the Port Said Water Bodies Security Department, Mohammed Saad, received 15 year sentences, while seven other police officers were acquitted. Five Port Said citizens received life sentences on Saturday, and twenty one civilian death sentences handed down in a January ruling on the same case were confirmed. (Photo by Ed Giles/Getty Images).

Unrest Grows After Court Upholds Death Sentences For 21 Convicted Port Said Football Rioters

Ed Giles

Smoke rises from fires set by protestors in an attempt to block boats from docking and disrupt traffic at the port on the Suez Canal to demonstrate after the announcement of the final verdict in the case of the Port Said football massacre, on March 9, 2013, in Port Said, Egypt. Over seventy football fans of the Al Masry team were killed during a stadium brawl that took place after a match between the Al Masry and Al Ahly teams in the northern Egyptian city in February 2012. Two senior police officers, the Port Said Security Director Essam Samak and head of the Port Said Water Bodies Security Department, Mohammed Saad, received 15 year sentences, while seven other police officers were acquitted. Five Port Said citizens received life sentences on Saturday, and twenty one civilian death sentences handed down in a January ruling on the same case were confirmed. (Photo by Ed Giles/Getty Images).

Smoke rises from fires set by protestors in an attempt to block boats from docking and disrupt traffic at the port on the Suez Canal to demonstrate after the announcement of the final verdict in the case of the Port Said football massacre, on March 9, 2013, in Port Said, Egypt. Over seventy football fans of the Al Masry team were killed during a stadium brawl that took place after a match between the Al Masry and Al Ahly teams in the northern Egyptian city in February 2012. Two senior police officers, the Port Said Security Director Essam Samak and head of the Port Said Water Bodies Security Department, Mohammed Saad, received 15 year sentences, while seven other police officers were acquitted. Five Port Said citizens received life sentences on Saturday, and twenty one civilian death sentences handed down in a January ruling on the same case were confirmed. (Photo by Ed Giles/Getty Images).

Unrest Grows After Court Upholds Death Sentences For 21 Convicted Port Said Football Rioters

Ed Giles

Smoke rises from fires set by protestors in an attempt to block boats from docking and disrupt traffic at the port on the Suez Canal to demonstrate after the announcement of the final verdict in the case of the Port Said football massacre, on March 9, 2013, in Port Said, Egypt. Over seventy football fans of the Al Masry team were killed during a stadium brawl that took place after a match between the Al Masry and Al Ahly teams in the northern Egyptian city in February 2012. Two senior police officers, the Port Said Security Director Essam Samak and head of the Port Said Water Bodies Security Department, Mohammed Saad, received 15 year sentences, while seven other police officers were acquitted. Five Port Said citizens received life sentences on Saturday, and twenty one civilian death sentences handed down in a January ruling on the same case were confirmed. (Photo by Ed Giles/Getty Images).

Smoke rises from fires set by protestors in an attempt to block boats from docking and disrupt traffic at the port on the Suez Canal to demonstrate after the announcement of the final verdict in the case of the Port Said football massacre, on March 9, 2013, in Port Said, Egypt. Over seventy football fans of the Al Masry team were killed during a stadium brawl that took place after a match between the Al Masry and Al Ahly teams in the northern Egyptian city in February 2012. Two senior police officers, the Port Said Security Director Essam Samak and head of the Port Said Water Bodies Security Department, Mohammed Saad, received 15 year sentences, while seven other police officers were acquitted. Five Port Said citizens received life sentences on Saturday, and twenty one civilian death sentences handed down in a January ruling on the same case were confirmed. (Photo by Ed Giles/Getty Images).

Unrest Grows After Court Upholds Death Sentences For 21 Convicted Port Said Football Rioters

Ed Giles

Residents of Port Said gather at a dock on the Suez Canal to demonstrate after the announcement of the final verdict in the case of the Port Said football massacre, on March 9, 2013, in Port Said, Egypt. Over seventy football fans of the Al Masry team were killed during a stadium brawl that took place after a match between the Al Masry and Al Ahly teams in the northern Egyptian city in February 2012. Two senior police officers, the Port Said Security Director Essam Samak and head of the Port Said Water Bodies Security Department, Mohammed Saad, received 15 year sentences, while seven other police officers were acquitted. Five Port Said citizens received life sentences on Saturday, and twenty one civilian death sentences handed down in a January ruling on the same case were confirmed. (Photo by Ed Giles/Getty Images).

Residents of Port Said gather at a dock on the Suez Canal to demonstrate after the announcement of the final verdict in the case of the Port Said football massacre, on March 9, 2013, in Port Said, Egypt. Over seventy football fans of the Al Masry team were killed during a stadium brawl that took place after a match between the Al Masry and Al Ahly teams in the northern Egyptian city in February 2012. Two senior police officers, the Port Said Security Director Essam Samak and head of the Port Said Water Bodies Security Department, Mohammed Saad, received 15 year sentences, while seven other police officers were acquitted. Five Port Said citizens received life sentences on Saturday, and twenty one civilian death sentences handed down in a January ruling on the same case were confirmed. (Photo by Ed Giles/Getty Images).

Unrest Grows After Court Upholds Death Sentences For 21 Convicted Port Said Football Rioters

Ed Giles

Egyptian soldiers stand guard at the Suez Canal as Port Said residents look on after the announcement of the final verdict in the case of the Port Said football massacre, on March 9, 2013, in Port Said, Egypt. Over seventy football fans of the Al Masry team were killed during a stadium brawl that took place after a match between the Al Masry and Al Ahly teams in the northern Egyptian city in February 2012. Two senior police officers, the Port Said Security Director Essam Samak and head of the Port Said Water Bodies Security Department, Mohammed Saad, received 15 year sentences, while seven other police officers were acquitted. Five Port Said citizens received life sentences on Saturday, and twenty one civilian death sentences handed down in a January ruling on the same case were confirmed. (Photo by Ed Giles/Getty Images).

Egyptian soldiers stand guard at the Suez Canal as Port Said residents look on after the announcement of the final verdict in the case of the Port Said football massacre, on March 9, 2013, in Port Said, Egypt. Over seventy football fans of the Al Masry team were killed during a stadium brawl that took place after a match between the Al Masry and Al Ahly teams in the northern Egyptian city in February 2012. Two senior police officers, the Port Said Security Director Essam Samak and head of the Port Said Water Bodies Security Department, Mohammed Saad, received 15 year sentences, while seven other police officers were acquitted. Five Port Said citizens received life sentences on Saturday, and twenty one civilian death sentences handed down in a January ruling on the same case were confirmed. (Photo by Ed Giles/Getty Images).

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Egyptian relatives and friends mourn over the death of Abdelhalim... News PhotoArab Spring,City,Conflict,Courthouse,Crisis,Day,Death,Egypt,Family,Friendship,Funeral,Horizontal,Killing,Law,Middle East,Mourning,People,Port Said,Riot,Riot Police,Social Issues,Suez Canal,VerdictPhotographer KHALED DESOUKICollection: AFP 2013 AFPEgyptian relatives and friends mourn over the death of Abdelhalim Mehana who was killed during clashes with riot police on March 4, during his funeral in the Suez Canal city of Port Said on March 8, 2013, a day before a court is to issue verdicts over the killing of people in a football riot there. AFP PHOTO / KHALED DESOUKI (Photo credit should read KHALED DESOUKI/AFP/Getty Images)